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Friday, January 25, 2013

One of my most popular posts is the Long Distance Hug idea I posted almost 2 years ago. It has been awesome seeing all the ways people are using this idea, from mailing to family on the other side of the world to sending to our troops.

At the time, C was 2 and J was not quite 1. I thought I would have the girls, plus L (nearly 10 months old) re-create the craft to compare them, size wise, to the ones they made 2 years ago. One set of grandparents happen to live down the road still have theirs on display!

It was fun to compare just how much they have grown in the 2 years. And since J is the now same age C was when she made hers, it was neat to show her that her big sister was once her size.

Monday, December 17, 2012

C is in 4K now and is sent home a simple homework activity every week. This past weekend she came home with a game I hadn't heard of before - a math bump game. After a quick search on Teachers Pay Teachers I found the exact game she brought home. She loved it so much we created a version she can play at home since she had to return the Gingerbread Bump Game back to school. (click on the titles for the printable)

Monday, December 10, 2012

When I was a teacher I loved Dr. Jean, I still own most of her CDs. I even went to one of her workshops years ago (so fun!)I have even introduced a few of the songs to my own children. A favorite this past summer was "The Gummy Bear" song from the Is Everybody Happy CD.I came up with this Christmas version of the song and C loves it.The Candy Cane Song(Tune:
"Six Little Ducks That I Once Knew")
Down at the candy store, what did I see?

Seven little candy canes hanging on a tree.

Along came child's name with a penny one day.

They bought a red one and they took it away.

Down at the candy store, what did I see?

Six little candy canes hanging on a tree.

Along came child's name with a penny one day.

They bought a blue one and they took it away.

Continue by counting down and using the different colors you use. If using in a classroom you can attach paper candy canes to a tree and pass out the pennies to a several children. As you sing, those children can come up at buy one. Sing more than once so everyone gets a turn :)

I just quickly cut candy cane shapes from construction paper, nothing fancy. And some brown circlesfor the pennies.